Verizon Thursday said they plan to have LTE support on all smartphones going forward. The move is being done to offload customers from the legacy 3G CDMA network, and onto the newer, faster, more efficient 4G LTE deployment. According to CNET, Verizon requires that nearly every smartphone, hotspot device, tablet and netbook it offers will come with LTE support, including devices from Research In Motion and those running Microsoft’s Windows Phone.
Verizon’s Statement:
From now on, nearly every smartphone, wireless hot spot, tablet, and Netbook that Verizon offers will come with LTE guns a-blazing. Yes, Virginia, that includes Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices, too.
There will be the occasional exception, however. For instance, phones on Verizon’s push-to-talk network are 3G-only for now, and will remain that way until further notice.
Verizon’s clear, unyielding stance on 4G–”a hard requirement,” according to Verizon–may partially explain why it has picked up only one Windows Phone so far.
Source: Fierce Wireless and CNET
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